Junior Sven Vloedgraven led the way as the Binghamton University men’s tennis team continued its dominance this past weekend, defeating Princeton and St. John’s to improve to 8-1 in dual play this season. With outstanding play all around, the Bearcats are currently ranked No. 3 in the Northeast, according to the ITA.

Vloedgraven had another perfect weekend, teaming with sophomore Gilbert Wong at doubles and defeating both of his singles opponents without losing a set. He looks to improve upon his national ranking in future matches.

Against Princeton on Saturday, the Bearcats lost the doubles point, but won four of the six singles matches, taking the match 4-3. Vloedgraven only lost one game in his singles match, and the Bearcats saw strong play from senior Moshe Levy — who was playing in his first singles match since injuring his back Feb. 19 in a loss at Columbia — and from junior Arnav Jain. Princeton went on to win Sunday’s matchup with Radford 4-3, setting their record at 3-6.

“We lost a close doubles point, but our guys knew that they could still win, even being down 1-0 on the road,” said Binghamton head coach Adam Cohen.

On Sunday the Bearcats swept St. John’s 5-0, winning all seven of the competed matches. Two of the matches were suspended. Sophomore Alexandre Haggai and freshman Ruben Devos joined the list of Bearcats who picked up victories at singles play this weekend. St. John’s dropped to 2-5 with the loss.

“Against St. John’s we played a little bit better in doubles, won the point and won all of them,” Cohen said. “And while we didn’t have a chance to finish all of them, I am confident we would have won both of them had we finished them.”

Cohen cited his team’s chemistry as a major reason for the successful start.

“We have a deep team, and everyone who is here is at a good level,” he said. “Guys are confident in each other, and everyone knows that if he happens to lose on that day that there are a bunch of other guys in the lineup that should be able to take care of business. They have a lot of trust in each other.”

Radford is set to travel to Binghamton this Saturday for a 3 p.m. match at the Binghamton Tennis Center.

Cohen is excited to finally have his team play a home match.

“We are always on the road, so it is nice to play at home,” he said. “We will play in a place where we are used to practicing every day, and we are looking forward to having some people out there watching us play rather than always being cheered against.”